Nikos Kotzias

The agreement between the prime ministers of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) was celebrated by the two administrations on Sunday, but there is a long road ahead before it is fully implemented. After Sunday's wide grins, handshakes...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has said he expects the FYROM naming issue to be resolved soon with a new moniker being chosen from 'New Macedonia', 'Upper Macedonia', or 'North Macedonia'. Speaking on ERT television late on Monday night, Kotzias...

Ankara on Monday slammed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after the release of the last of the eight Turkish ex-soldiers who have been granted asylum in Greece. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag accused Tsipras of failing to keep his promise...

"The Greek government is waiting for Mr. Zoran Zaev to take the decisive step towards reaching an agreement. The ball is in their own court," an official spokesman has said. Speaking on Kontra television on Sunday, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos was referring to...

The leader of a group of influential Macedonians has filed a lawsuit against Greece's foreign minister demanding he be tried for high treason. In the lawsuit delivered to a Greek prosecutor in the northern city of Serres, Giorgos Tatsios accuses Nikos...

Italy's financial troubles might affect Greece too, said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Tuesday, during a meeting with his German counterpart Heiko Maas. According to Reuters, while in Berlin for bilateral talks between Greece and Germany, the Greek foreign...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Tuesday that "an agreement with FYROM has been concluded". Kotzias spoke at a joint press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Berlin. The Greek minister reiterated Monday's statement that talks on a...

The German government on Monday, extended an appeal to Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to resolve the name issue in this "historic opportunity". The appeal came a day before Tuesday's meeting between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias...

The FYROM name agreement has been passed from the hands of foreign ministers to the prime ministers level, said Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday, following talks with Skopje counterpart Nikola Dimitrov. The two officials met in Brussels with...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his FYROM counterpart Nikola Dimitrov completed on Friday a two-day round of negotiations in New York with the mediation of United Nations intermediary Matthew Nimetz. Negotiations between the two ministers will continue in Brussels,...